Stellar work, especially for a small team! Love the environment & audio, and I especially enjoy the character design. I do adore the storytelling and emotional themes as well, bravo on all accounts!
Well done Nick. Having created many 3D animated shorts myself I know how difficult it is. You've done a great job I especially loved the camera moves and environments. Looking forward to seeing your next film.
I’m confused. Can anyone let me know if I have the story right? 1. The girl and boy are playing. 2. The girl is magically picked up and taken to a mirror inside a shack, the boy follows. 3. In the mirror the boy sees a vision (memory?) of him and the girl witnessing a drowning. The killer then chases them to the same shack they’re currently in, while one picks up a hammer about to strike. 4. A creature then comes out of the mirror and kills the girl, then chases the boy. 5. The creature then drowns the boy. I’m assuming this was supposed to be a metaphor for the killer killing the children? But did the killer come back as a monster, or was the memory what actually happened and the monster was a metaphor?
I understand the confusion. I made the film for me and that was somewhat unfair for the viewer. The man/creature is a metaphor for the depression my wife deals with and tries to end her and drag me down with her in the process. Depression is not always visible and comes back even when you think you have beaten it. Apply this to the film and you see somewhat the correlation. But I also did a more standard story line in it. They see something they weren’t supposed to, get hunted by it snd beat it. Man kinda dies in front of the mirror but gets absorbed into the mirror workd where he has to take a life to eventually get back as the monster he really is.
I really appreciate your comment. I am glad I actually got the plot correct, for once. The metaphor, of course, was completely missed by me, but once I heard it, I felt it was important. I wish you had put it in with the description, I think it would’ve been better if you had, as a lot of people struggle with depression or know someone who does, so can relate. Amazingly beautiful animation! Music was perfect everywhere.
The animation, the sound design, and the wendigo were well done. But the storyline could have been better. I'm all for dark storytelling but the setup with Timmy and his friend was too wholesome and the vengeful spirit killing them for only protecting themselves felt unjustified so the ending felt unfinished. One of the kids should have survived and somehow defeated the creature. It would still have been dark but with a more satisfying conclusion.
@ even if the creature survived and the girl running to the town to tell them “what killed Timmy Benson” would have been an open-ending; would the townsfolk believe her?
I’m confused. Can anyone let me know if I have the story right? 1. The girl and boy are playing. 2. The girl is magically picked up and taken to a mirror inside a shack, the boy follows. 3. In the mirror the boy sees a vision (memory?) of him and the girl witnessing a drowning. The killer then chases them to the same shack they’re currently in, the girl is about to die and the boy picks up a hammer about to strike. 4. While the boy stands in a similar place to the memory, acreature then comes out of the mirror and kills the girl, then chases the boy. 5. The creature then drowns the boy. I’m assuming this was supposed to be a metaphor for the killer killing the children? That the boy picked up the hammer but ran instead? But why did the boy see the killer as the wendigo? Why did the girl magically get taken to the shack if that didn’t happen?
Stellar work, especially for a small team!
Love the environment & audio, and I especially enjoy the character design. I do adore the storytelling and emotional themes as well, bravo on all accounts!
Thank you CGBros for putting this up! If someone needs to know more about the film check the description!
Well done Nick. Having created many 3D animated shorts myself I know how difficult it is. You've done a great job I especially loved the camera moves and environments. Looking forward to seeing your next film.
Wonderful!!
I’m confused. Can anyone let me know if I have the story right?
1. The girl and boy are playing.
2. The girl is magically picked up and taken to a mirror inside a shack, the boy follows.
3. In the mirror the boy sees a vision (memory?) of him and the girl witnessing a drowning. The killer then chases them to the same shack they’re currently in, while one picks up a hammer about to strike.
4. A creature then comes out of the mirror and kills the girl, then chases the boy.
5. The creature then drowns the boy.
I’m assuming this was supposed to be a metaphor for the killer killing the children? But did the killer come back as a monster, or was the memory what actually happened and the monster was a metaphor?
I understand the confusion. I made the film for me and that was somewhat unfair for the viewer. The man/creature is a metaphor for the depression my wife deals with and tries to end her and drag me down with her in the process. Depression is not always visible and comes back even when you think you have beaten it. Apply this to the film and you see somewhat the correlation.
But I also did a more standard story line in it. They see something they weren’t supposed to, get hunted by it snd beat it. Man kinda dies in front of the mirror but gets absorbed into the mirror workd where he has to take a life to eventually get back as the monster he really is.
I really appreciate your comment. I am glad I actually got the plot correct, for once. The metaphor, of course, was completely missed by me, but once I heard it, I felt it was important. I wish you had put it in with the description, I think it would’ve been better if you had, as a lot of people struggle with depression or know someone who does, so can relate. Amazingly beautiful animation! Music was perfect everywhere.
@@darkworx-filmsWOW, your explanation killed the story.
You guys deserved to be in sony or the movie makers i always loved your animation to sintel to now ❤❤❤❤❤
ıt was amazing, ı love every detail in there, thank yoıu for effort of team
The animation, the sound design, and the wendigo were well done. But the storyline could have been better. I'm all for dark storytelling but the setup with Timmy and his friend was too wholesome and the vengeful spirit killing them for only protecting themselves felt unjustified so the ending felt unfinished. One of the kids should have survived and somehow defeated the creature. It would still have been dark but with a more satisfying conclusion.
IDEM
Yeah, I agree with you completely.
@ even if the creature survived and the girl running to the town to tell them “what killed Timmy Benson” would have been an open-ending; would the townsfolk believe her?
You can create your own version, but I like the original, it was done perfectly.
@ to each their own
Very very nice my friend ❤️
Awesome 👌 thank you
I don't get scared usually but this traumatized me (in a good way)
well drawn. and that's it
Desire
Je n’ai pas compris grand choses…
Ga ngerti jalan ceritanya maksud nya apaan 😂, tp animasi alamnya keliatan real dan halus, cgi nya bgus ,
the atmosphere/setting is good. story is all over the place tho.
You and your team need some serious help.
A wendigo
I’m confused. Can anyone let me know if I have the story right?
1. The girl and boy are playing.
2. The girl is magically picked up and taken to a mirror inside a shack, the boy follows.
3. In the mirror the boy sees a vision (memory?) of him and the girl witnessing a drowning. The killer then chases them to the same shack they’re currently in, the girl is about to die and the boy picks up a hammer about to strike.
4. While the boy stands in a similar place to the memory, acreature then comes out of the mirror and kills the girl, then chases the boy.
5. The creature then drowns the boy.
I’m assuming this was supposed to be a metaphor for the killer killing the children? That the boy picked up the hammer but ran instead?
But why did the boy see the killer as the wendigo? Why did the girl magically get taken to the shack if that didn’t happen?
Snowtime is going to have nightmares for the rest of their lives
The movement kinda disappointing